نشریه علم سنجی کاسپین
سال هفتم شماره 2 (پاییز و زمستان 1399)

The macro-policies of resistance economy emphasize reducing foreign dependencies and preventing unnecessary currency outflows. The purpose of this study was to calculate the amount of currency outflow resulting from the publication of articles in foreign journals and provide the necessary strategies in the field of research.

The present study was a mixed (quantitative-qualitative) study. In the first step, all articles published in foreign journals indexed in Scopus with the affiliation of selected universities during 2008, 2013 and 2018 were selected by census method, and then the cost of publishing was calculated. In the second step, through holding a focus group discussion (FGD) with the participation of 15 research experts, the strategies for reducing currency outflow in medical science research were examined. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16 and MAXQDA 2018.

In 2013 and 2018, the average outflow of currency was 328 and 290$ per article for university A as well as 111 and 258$ per article for university B, respectively. In 2013 and 2018, there was no statistically significant difference between universities in terms of currency outflow due to the publication of articles (P> 0.05). Strategies for reducing currency outflow and developing resistance economy in the area of article publication were identified in 3 main areas (including scientometrics, economic evaluation of publication and policy making of scientific publications) with 9 sub-areas.

Publication of articles in scientific journals published outside of Iran can lead to currency outflow and economic effects. Policy-making institutions in Iran can help universities by developing national citation databases, building a strong communication network between domestic journals and quantitative and qualitative development of national journals to publish articles at reputable national journals to prevent currency outflow.

The aim of this study was to examine the status of documents related to coronavirus based on scientometric indicators and to draw a co-authorship map of authors, organizations and countries producing an article to get to know this field as much as possible.

This applied-scientometric was conducted using social network analysis. The statistical population of this study was all published documents related to coronavirus from 1985 to 2019 in Web of Science (WoS), and finally, 6980 documents were retrieved. Then, VOSviewer was used to analyze and draw the co-authorship map.

Among the top authors in the field of coronavirus, “Christian Drosten” with 85 documents and 4835 citations, “Yuen Kwok-Yung” with 70 documents and 3862 citations as well as “Patrick CY Woo” with 49 documents and 3160 citations have achieved the first to third place in terms of the number of co-authorship in this field, respectively. Moreover, the top authors, countries and organizations in the field of coronavirus had 11, 9 and 12 thematic clusters, respectively.

In this study, the results of co-authorship network analysis on coronavirus allow researchers to learn about the relationships between important elements and identify key individuals, organizations and countries in this field. Besides, the results of this study can pave the way for cooperation and knowledge sharing among experts in this field with other scientific fields.

The aim of this study was to illustrate the status of scientific collaboration of the University of Tehran in International Scientific Associations using Web of Science (WoS).

In this applied study, scientometric techniques were used to draw a scientific map. The statistical population included all scientific outputs of researchers affiliated with the University of Tehran from 2015 to 2019. The data were analyzed using Excel and VOSviewer.

The analysis of the findings showed that about 32% of the total outputs of the University of Tehran were done through international collaboration. Among the domestic institutions, the Islamic Azad University and among the foreign institutions, the "National Center for French Scientific Research" had the most collaboration with the researchers of the University of Tehran. Iranian researchers had the most collaboration with researchers from the United States, Canada and Germany. The fields of "Engineering", "Material Science" and "Chemistry" had the most collaboration with foreign researchers.

The scientific collaboration of the University of Tehran with foreign countries is in a favorable condition.

One of the main indicators of the development and scientific credibility of societies at the international level is the scientific outputs of researchers in that country. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the extent to which the strategic goals of the Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC) have been achieved in Iran and other Islamic countries.

In this applied and evaluative survey, the statistical population was full-time faculty members of Iranian universities (57,000 people) and 382 individuals were selected as a sample using Morgan table and entered into the research by Snowball method. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics by SPSS 21.

According to the respondents, achieving the strategic goals of the ISC has been more successful in Iran than in other member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in the following areas: 1- Attracting scientific publications in other countries of the Islamic World, 2- Providing grounds for expansion and development of science production and scientometrics, and 3- Creating tools and suitable software and hardware infrastructures for upgrading and meeting the scientific needs of scientists with average ranks and criterion scores of 1.97 (1.03), 1.97 (1.03) and 1.72 (1.28), respectively. Moreover, both Iran and other member countries of the OIC have not been successful in the fields of: 1- Creating opportunities and strengthening the spirit of innovation in the humanities 2- Paying attention to ethical criteria in the production and dissemination of science 3- Providing the possibility of patents and clinical studies of scientists in Islamic countries with average ranks and criterion scores of 1.01 (1.99), 01.1 (1.99), 1.02 (1.98), respectively.

According to the respondents, the ISC has been more successful in Iran compared to other member countries of the OIC in achieving strategic goals in regarding scientometric development and providing tools and infrastructures for scientific interactions of Islamic scientists.

Despite the increasing share of educated women over time, women still play a lesser role in academic and leadership status, receiving honorary awards and academic advancement. Since compiling academic articles is considered as one of the most significant factors of success in academic careers; therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate gender cooperation pattern among the authors of articles in Journals of Geography and Urban Planning, Geography and Development, and Natural Environment Hazards until 2019.

In the present applied and descriptive study, the statistical population included all indexed articles and information of authors in the Journals of Geography in Sistan and Baluchestan University. For this purpose, some factors such as the number of articles published in quarterly journals, number of authors, number of female authors as well as gender of first authors and corresponding authors were analyzed using independent t-test in SPSS and Excel.

In reviewing the articles, 37.5% of the articles were written by three authors, indicating the authorschr('39') tendency to collaborate in this field. Moreover, the main hypotheses of the study stating no difference in the gender of the first and corresponding authors were rejected. The findings indicated that women had a small share in the status of writing articles in these quarterly journals and women attended as the first and corresponding authors only in 15.5% and 14.4% of the articles.

Although womenchr('39')s participation in the articles published in the quarterly journals has increased during the recent years, their absence still remains in the main status of the articles and they have a very small share in the main status of authors of the articles (first author and corresponding author).

Scientometric studies have a crucial role in drawing up the trend of development and expansion of science. This study aimed at evaluating the scientometric aspects of dissertations published in the field of Islamic economics in Iran during1993-2018.

This applied study was done based on the quantitative content analysis method. The population of the study consisted of 215 dissertations published in universities and educational centers of Iran. Research data were collected using a checklist and analyzed by Excel and Tagol software.

Findings of the study showed that Imam Sadegh University, Qom Seminary and Allameh Tabataba’i University with 45, 41 and 16 dissertations had the highest rank in this field, respectively. From all dissertations, there were 56 (26%) titles on Islamic finance jurisprudence, 32 (15%) on Islamic economic system and 28 (13%) on Islamic financial rights, respectively. Most research methods used in the writing of dissertations were descriptive-analytic based on a jurisprudential approach (49 (23%) cases of all dissertations). Moreover, educational fields of Economic Sciences with 56, Islamic Sciences with 42 as well as Jurisprudence and Principles of Islamic Law with 32 dissertations had the largest number of them.

The results of the study indicated a diversity of dissertations in this field; however, more attention to economic, jurisprudential and legal issues in this field caused the negligence of technical topics such as finance and accounting.